| 单词 | hammer |
| 释义 | Word Frequency hammer(ˈhæmə) noun 1. a hand tool consisting of a heavy usually steel head held transversely on the end of a handle, used for driving in nails, beating metal, etc 2. any tool or device with a similar function, such as the moving part of a door knocker, the striking head on a bell, etc 3. a power-driven striking tool, esp one used in forging. A pneumatic hammer delivers a repeated blow from a pneumatic ram, a drop hammer uses the energy of a falling weight 4. a part of a gunlock that rotates about a fulcrum to strike the primer or percussion cap, either directly or via a firing pin 5. athletics a. a heavy metal ball attached to a flexible wire: thrown in competitions b. the event or sport of throwing the hammer 6. an auctioneer's gavel 7. a device on a piano that is made to strike a string or group of strings causing them to vibrate 8. anatomy the nontechnical name for malleus 9. curling the last stone thrown in an end 10. go under the hammer 11. hammer and tongs 12. on someone's hammer verb 13. to strike or beat (a nail, wood, etc) with or as if with a hammer 14. (transitive) to shape or fashion with or as if with a hammer 15. (tr; foll by in or into) to impress or force (facts, ideas, etc) into (someone) through constant repetition 16. (intransitive) to feel or sound like hammering his pulse was hammering 17. (intransitive; often foll by away) to work at constantly 18. (transitive) British a. to question in a relentless manner b. to criticize severely 19. informal to inflict a defeat on 20. (transitive) slang to beat, punish, or chastise 21. (transitive) stock exchange a. to announce the default of (a member) b. to cause prices of (securities, the market, etc) to fall by bearish selling Derived forms hammerer (ˈhammerer) noun hammer-like (ˈhammer-ˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English hamor; related to Old Norse hamarr crag, Old High German hamar hammer, Old Slavonic kamy stone |
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